The Good, the Bad, and the In Between

[przed]

It's been a mad few days, with a bit of good stuff mixed in with a bit of bad.

The Good
We took Ros to a Saturday afternoon kid's screening of the original Bad News Bears at our favourite local rep house and she enjoyed it. Though, man, there's more tough stuff than even I was expecting, including a coach/father hitting his kid on the field and a tough little kid who uses the N word. Repeatedly. (Yikes!)

At the urging of franzeska, I've started putting pages up on AO3 for my vids, including non-password protected links. The vids up there so far are:

I Would Die for You (I Spy)

Forget Regret (Pros)

Love's Not a Competition (Pros)

Pieces of Heaven (Pros)

Halo (Sherlock Holmes, Downey Films)

The Patron Saint of Lost Causes (Take That)

This has led to the shocking realization that I made I Would Die for You, my first vid back in 2002! Where has the time gone?

The Bad
I started my Saturday with a 6:45 a.m. black belt training session at our martial arts school. And promptly started having an anaphylaxis attack after we'd completed the run at the start. Mouth swelling, eyes swelling and, most alarmingly, throat swelling. Which meant taking Benadryl, hightailing it home, waiting to make sure that my throat had stopped swelling, and then letting the drugs knock me out for over four hours. Not the way I'd planned on spending my Saturday morning. And annoyingly, it meant missing the martial arts part of the class that I actually enjoy.

The Sweetie: You know, some people would take this as a sign that they shouldn't be exercising.
Me: But I like exercising! I don't want this to keep happening!

Nor was that the end of it. I woke up both Sunday and Monday with my eyes swollen again, and the Benadryl hangover was giving me a persistent headache that finally tipped into migraine territory today. Joy. Adding to the fun, the cold that's been nipping at my heels finally caught me today, so I bowed to the inevitable and took the day off.

The Inbetween
Since I was stuck at home anyway, and the headache wasn't quite enough to require a dark, quiet room, I decided to park myself on the couch and mainline six of the Legends episodes I had sitting on the PVR. That was...interesting. I wouldn't call it good, but it's at least amusing seeing what accents The Bean attempts each episode when he's undercover. Worst accent so far: Texan. (Who the hell thought Sean Bean doing a Texan accent was a good idea?) Most amusing: a Liverpool accent that never drifted past the outskirts of Sheffield. Oh Sean, never change.

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Yay for Ros enjoying the movie. You'll get there, slowly. *g*

I have been watching your vids go up with great enjoyment. (I get notified about new I Spy and Pros stuff.) On my list of things to do when I have enough spare time: start at the beginning and just watch every one. *g* Although, lord, was it really 2002??

Gah for the bad! I don't understand this being allergic to certain forms of exercise thing! It's so weird and annoying and frustrating for you. Not to mention uncomfortable and scary. I hope, one day, it disappears as suddenly as it appeared.

Heh. I think I would have enjoyed watching the episodes with you. I gave up on the series early on, I'm afraid, but informed commentary would make it. *g*

I hope the migraine eases and the cold isn't too severe.

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Ouch, and ouch, I do hope you're feeling better soon. Allergic reaction plus headache plus cold... on the plus side you're getting it all out of the way at once. Shame about the martial arts, though. :-(

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

I too see Pros things as they arrive on AO3, and saw the vids go up. Delighted to see them available more widely. Hooray!

The bad - oh god, that's pretty awfully bad. Very sorry to hear it, and hope it doesn't happen again.

Not come across Legends. Was this shown here? :)

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Eurgh, I'm so sorry the allergies attacked again. I can see how losing time as well as feeling rubbish must be doubly annoying. I hope it's a very very very long time before this strikes again (or, you know, never again). *hugs*

I'm delighted that your vids are up on AO3 - I watch the DVDs SO OFTEN *g* and they inspire me so much and I know others will benefit too. Reminded me to re-watch the TT stuff too. Did you hear the new 'TT3' single preview 'These Days'? I think it sounds really good - a nice blend of Mark and Gary's strengths as song-writers. And the cover art looks brilliant. I do miss Jason and I will miss Jason, but it's so nice to feel the growing hum of excitement of a new TT album hoving into view, with all the associated publicity/TV appearances etc. And although losing Jason is sad, I'm imagining Howard and Gary making a lovely protective snuggly sandwich around Mark pretty much for the whole next year *g* *rubs hands with glee*

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I'm really sorry about the allergic reaction coming back - that's scary and horrible :( Hope you feel much better soon Petal.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I hope you're feeling better!

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Hope you feel better soon!
*hugs*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

So sorry about the allergies. You say you hadn't had a reaction for ages, so could the imminent onset of the headache and cold have triggered the allergic reaction too? I have no knowledge whatsoever, just sympathy and curiosity!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Ack, sorry to hear about the anaphylaxis attack.

Facts must be faced namely you are more dedicated to The Bean than I can ever dream of being... there now, I'm sure we both feel better for that. :D